(~s)
1.
Parting is the act of leaving a particular person or place. A ~ is an occasion when this happens.
It was a dreadfully emotional ~.
N-VAR
2.
Your ~ words or actions are the things that you say or do as you are leaving a place or person.
Her ~ words left him feeling empty and alone.
ADJ: ADJ n
3.
The ~ in someone’s hair is the line running from the front to the back of their head where their hair lies in different directions. (BRIT; in AM, use part )
N-COUNT
4.
When there is a ~ of the ways, two or more people or groups of people stop working together or travelling together.
...a negotiated ~ of the ways for the three Baltic republics.
PHRASE